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Top left: Otto von Bismarckwas the first chancellor of Germany with the creation of the North German Confederationand later the German Empire. Top right: Konrad Adenauerwas the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. Bottom left: Helmut Kohlwas chancellor during the period of German reunificationin 1990.
Olaf Scholz ( German: [ˈoːlaf ˈʃɔlts] ⓘ; born 14 June 1958) is a German politician who has been the chancellor of Germany since 8 December 2021. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), he previously served as Vice Chancellor in the fourth Merkel cabinet and as Federal Minister of Finance from 2018 to 2021.
The chancellor of Germany, officially the federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, [ a] is the head of the federal government of Germany, and the commander-in-chief of the German Armed Forces during wartime. [ b] The chancellor is the chief executive of the Federal Cabinet and heads the executive branch.
Center-left leader Olaf Scholz became Germany's ninth post-World War II chancellor Wednesday, opening a new era for the European Union's most populous nation and largest economy after Angela ...
This is a list of chancellors of Germany by time in office from 1867 to 2021, including the Federal Republic of Germany and its predecessors. This is based on the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater.
Angela Dorothea Merkel ( German: [aŋˈɡɪːla doʁoˈteːa ˈmɛʁkl̩] ⓘ; [ a] née Kasner; born 17 July 1954) is a German retired politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 and was the first woman to hold that office. She previously served as Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2005 and as Leader of the Christian ...
The Scholz cabinet (German: Kabinett Scholz, pronounced [kabiˈnɛt ʃɔlt͡s] ⓘ) is the current cabinet of Germany, led by Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz.The cabinet is composed of Scholz's Social Democratic Party, Alliance 90/The Greens and the Free Democratic Party, an arrangement known as a "traffic light coalition" in Germany after the parties' traditional colours, respectively red ...
In an opinion poll from November 2005, the polling company Emnid asked for the best German chancellor: [4] Helmut Schmidt – 28%. Helmut Kohl – 18%. Konrad Adenauer – 17%. Willy Brandt – 15%. Gerhard Schröder – 10%. Ludwig Erhard – 3%. Kurt Georg Kiesinger – 1%. The poll didn't include Chancellor Angela Merkel, since she had only ...